1979 Jerry Reed - Guitar Pickin' Singer, Songwriter, Actor

Contents: Jerry Reed - Guitar Pickin' Singer, Songwriter, Actor - the "Guitar Man" offers some candid insights into his musical development; Traveling with your instrument; Elizabeth Cotten - author of "Freight Train"; Charlie Christian & Django Reinhardt; From Academia to Craftsmanship - Thom Phipps; A shop that's more than a shop - McCabe's guitar shop; Nugget and the Cosmo-Five; Guitar Resonances - using a "shaker table" to seek out individual resonances of plates and completed instruments; Neil Converse - a fiddler from New England; more

1978 March Pickin’ Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1982 Special Tribute to Charlie Christian 1919-1942

Forty years after his death, Guitar Player presents a special commemorative feature on the electric guitar's first star, with a view of the instrument written by Charlie in 1939, biography, and discography. Also: Remembrances by John Hammond, Benny Goodman, and Barney Kessel, as well as a transcription of Charlie's classic solo in "Honeysuckle Rose."

Contents: Special Tribute to Charlie Christian 1919-1942; Janet Marlow; Custom Solidbodies - Paul Reed Smith; .38 Special, Don Barnes, Jeff Carlisi; Def Leppard, Pete Willis, Steve Clark; Choosing an electric part 1; more

1982 March Guitar Player Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com